Category Archives: General Cards
- Stamp – My Favorite Things “Fred Bear Catches Some ZZZs”
- Sentiment stamp – Hero Arts “Everyday Sayings”
- Patterned papers – Basic Grey “Pyrus” and My Mind’s Eye “Citron: What a Day: Forest Paper”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Bling – Queeen & Co. Twinkle Goosebumps
Here’s a nice, sleeping bear (complete with sleeping mouse) to cheer up a card recipient. I made this card for the Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps Sketch Challenge #162, using one of my new My Favorite Things stamps that I got from a recent OWH fundraiser. I colored the image with Copic markers and made panels with some patterned papers from my stash. A very straightforward design with just a touch of bling. Thanks for visiting today.
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- Stamp – Chapel Road Artstamps “Text Pear” set
- Corner punch – EK Success “Laurel”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
The OWH Our Daily Bread Designs February Challenge is to create a card that features fruit. I made this card with the gorgeous stamp I got years ago from Chapel Road Artstamps. I colored the image direct to rubber with Colorbox Chalk inks in yellows, greens, oranges, and a bit of red. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for stopping by today.
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- Image stamp – Magenta “Musical Bird Collage”
- Sentiment stamp – Hero Arts a’Everyday Sayings”
- Patterned papers – Heidi Grace Designs “Only Time” Collection: “Mini Floral” and London Eye”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
This is a pretty stamp that I’ve had for a while, but not used in a while. When my husband saw it, he identified the bird as a meadowlark, which is Oregon’s state bird. So that is a little unsolicited trivia for you! I used OWH Sketch #160 for the card layout and inked the edges of the pieces to tie it altogether. Thanks for visiting today.
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I hope you’re enjoying the Operation Write Home President’s Day Weekend Virtual Cardmaking Party (VCMP). Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a card featuring something with wings! There are lots of possibilities there! Please make a card featuring Things with Wings and post it in the InLinkz below!
Now for my offerings:
- Stamp – Inkadinkado “Sleepy Owl”
- Die cuts – made with Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Fifteen”
- Patterned paper – KaiserCraft “Hunt and Gather” paper pad
- Baker’s Twine – Doodlebug Design Inc. – Tangerine
- Gems – Darice – Earth tones
- Ranger Distress Ink – Dried Marigold, Dried Sage, Scattered Straw, Walnut Stain
- Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny
- Kraft paper
This card features an owl-y thing with wings! I added color to the edges of the image and the patterned paper with Distress Inks. I kind of made this sketch up, but I’m sure it is similar to many others! The card features baker’s twine and the sparkle of some “gems” for a little visual interest and that’s it!
And another, that includes a little science experiment!
- Stamps – Hero Arts “Sweet Butterflies”
- Avery mailing label
- Patterned paper – Basic Grey “Little Black Dress” collection
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Black embossing powder
- Edger punch – Martha Stewart “Garden Rail”
I used a technique I learned in the January issue of Craft Stamper magazine for this card. Basically, you take a mailing label, peel off the backing, apply embossing powder on the sticky side and heat emboss. It makes an interesting, crackle background. It is a quick and easy technique that is pretty unexpected. Then I cut out the butterfly images that I stamped and colored with Ranger Distress markers. I put all the pieces together and had a card! Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy the party! This link will get you back to the VCMP’s master thread.
Candy!
And if you’d like to try for a little blog candy, please leave a comment and a random winner will be selected on Tuesday! You could win these stamps to help you create more Things with Wings!
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- Sentiment stamp – from Hero Arts “Live Life” set
- Border stamp – Lawn Fawn “Belinda’s Borders”
- Stencil – Studio Calico “Chevron” Huey’s Mask
This is the first card I made for the Clean and Simple 2 class offered at Online Card Classes. I misted the cardstock with a homemade ink solution I made with Distress re-inkers. I decided to accent the card with a border that repeated the chevron design of the stencil. I heat embossed the border with white embossing powder. I drew a dashed line across the bottom of the top portion. The top and bottom chevron portions are popped up with dimensional adhesive. This was a very fun, clean and simple card to make! I’ve taken a number of classes from Online Card Classes and I would highly recommend them. They provide a ton of inspiration, techniques and instruction. Thanks for visiting today.
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- Stamps – Little Yellow Bicycle “Delightful Elegant” stamp set and Hero Arts “Everyday Sayings” sentiment set
- Patterned paper – My Mind’s Eye “Stella & Rose: Hattie ‘Boy’ Tapestry”
- Cardstock – Bazzill and Paper Accents
- Die cuts – Made swith Spellbinder’s Nestabilities Lacy Squares
- Punches – Marvy
I’ve been too caught up in work lately, so it took me until today to get back to cardmaking. This card was made using Sketch #154 at Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps. A very nice sketch with lots of possibilities. I used a butterfly stamp from Little Yellow Bicycle (Deja Views) that I’ve had in my stash for years! Thanks for stopping by.
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- Stamp – from Penny Black “Loads of Love” set
- Die cuts – made from Spellbinders Nestabilities “Standard Circles Large” and “Big Scalloped Circles Large”
- Patterned paper – Making Memories “Heart Floral Love Struck”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Black Pearl Pen – Viva Decor
I present to you a cheery card for a hero to send home with lots of love. The design comes from OWH Stars and Stamps Sketch #152. I colored the stamped image with Copic markers and added accents with black pearl pen to pull the whole design together. Thanks for stopping by today.
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- Stamp – Autumn Leaves “Flower Swirls”
- Sentiment stamp – from Hero Arts “OWH Right at Home” set
- Patterned paper – Basic Grey “Lime Rickey” 6 X 6″ paper pad
- Distress Ink – Ranger “Wild Honey”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
I was inspired by sketch #221 at Clean and Simple Stamping for this card. The theme for the Midweek Throwdown challenge at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps this week is Miss You. So I put the two challenges together and made this card. It features the stamped flowers colored with Copic markers. I applied Distress Ink in Wild Honey to the edges of the individual layers. Thanks for visiting!
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- Stamp – Inkadinkado “Penguins”
- Die cuts made from Spellbinders Nestabilities “Classic Ovals” and “Lacey Ovals”
- Patterned paper – Pebbles “Nancy”
- Ribbon – American Crafts
- Crystal stickers – Clear 2mm, Mark Richards, Inc.
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Corner punch – EK Success
This was a fun color combination–and what better way to use black and white (and yellow) than in creating a penguin?! Hurray! I made this card in response to the challenge at 365 Cards for Day 251 – Black, White and Yellow color combination. I like adding one more color to black and white in cardmaking. Thanks for stopping by today.
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- Stamps – Lawn Fawn “Critters in the Forest” set
- Patterned papers – Fancy Pants Designs “Country Boutique” 6 X 6″ pad
- Die cut – made from Spellbinders Nestabilities “Classic Scalloped Squares Large”
- Baker’s twine
- Cardstock – Bazzill
I made this card for the OWH Midweek Throwdown Challenge this week, which is to make a kid’s card with scallops. OWH is featuring Lawn Fawn stamps this week, so I decided to pull out this set from my stash and use the raccoon. I colored the log and raccoon with Copic markers and mounted it on the scalloped square die cut. Thanks for stopping by!
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